Polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes in catalysis and photoluminescence applications

• Main Author: Vautravers, Nicolas R
• Format: Dissertation
• Language: English
• Published: University of St Andrews 2009
• Subjects: Dendrimers; Dendrimers and silsesquioxanes; Detectors; Ethene methoxycarbonylation; Hydroformylation; Organometallic polymers; Organosilicon compounds; Photoluminescence; QD305.S54V2; Sensors

Cubic Polyhedral Oligomeric SilSesquioxanes (POSS) of general formula Si₈O₁₂R₈ (R = alkenyl, alkoxy, aryl, hydrogen...) have found applications in various fields ranging from biology to chemistry. Besides the advantage of presenting the characteristic dendritic globular shape at low generation, thes...